Specific Learning Disorder(s): An Indian Perspective

1. History of the Specific Learning Disorder Movement in India
2. Working Definition of Specific Learning Disorder in the Indian Context
3. Challenges in Diagnostics of SLD in a Multilinguistic and Multicultural Country
4. Neurobiological Basis of Specific Learning Disorder
5. Approach to a Child with Specific Learning Disorder: History-taking
6. Approach to a Child with Learning Difficulties: Neurological Examination
7. Comorbidities with Specific Learning Disorders: Assessment and Management
8. Assessment of SLD in the Classroom: Teacher’s Role in Early Identification and Intervention
9. Cognitive Assessment of a Child with Specific Learning Disorder: IQ Tests and Beyond
10. Psychoeducational Assessment of a Child with Specific Learning Disorder
11. Assessment of a Child with Specific Learning Disorder in Vernacular Settings
12. Rights of Persons with Disability Act: A Relook from a Specific Learning Disability Perspective
13. Specific Learning Disorder: Provisions at a School and College Level
14. Inclusive Education in the Classroom for Specific Learning Disorder
15. Online Education for Children with Specific Learning Disorder
16. Parenting a Specific Learning Disorder Child in India
17. Future Roadmap for Children with Specific Learning Disorder

Alka A Subramanyam MD DPM DNB
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
K John Vijay Sagar MD
Professor and Head, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India